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Discussion on Media Boxes Portfolio - Wordpress Grid Gallery Plugin

Discussion on Media Boxes Portfolio - Wordpress Grid Gallery Plugin

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Is a random sort in a portfolio possible without use the sort droplist? https://www.wiecker-deichkieker.de/fotos/

Frank

Hi Frank,
Is not possible, but you can hide it with CSS (so is not visible), use the following code:

.media-boxes-sort{
    display: none !important;
}

Best, David

Thx. It works. Frank

Hi – I got the plugin working pretty well.

I’m finally ready to launch my site and noticed that search doesn’t seem to be working from mobile.

Have you heard of this?

Is there a fix that you know of?

Thank you!

Hello,
I’ve never heard of this problem, but I’ll be happy to take a look at it, can you show me a living example online? you can contact me privately via email here: https://codecanyon.net/user/castleplugins#contact

Best, David

For your blog post example (with filtered tabs and search, posts with meta data), does that have to be in a masonry layout? Can you display in a fixed or justified layout?

Hello,
You can use the filtered tabs and search with any of the layouts of the examples :)

Best, David

I’m sorry, that doesn’t quite answer my question. When I look at the demos, only masonry grids have excerpts displayed below the image. So can you do that with a fixed layout, not masonry?

It is possible to set a static height to the content area (where you can place the post content or excerpt) so you can have a perfect squared grid

Best, David

Hi – Loving the plugin so far.

I got the media boxes working and filtering posts by categories.

How do I get the media boxes to link to the post? Right now it lists them, but I cannot click to view the post.

It’s probably an obvious setting somewhere but I’m not seeing it.

Thank you so much for the help!

Hello,
Thank you :D

You have 2 possibilities:
1) If you want to link to the post page when you click anywhere in the thumbnail:
In the “thumbnail” tab of your portfolio settings set the “thumbnail link” option to “Link to post page”

2) If you want only a certain icon to link to the post page:
In the skin editor choose the icon link icon and choose link to post page, here: https://imgur.com/a/AaLJfm7

I hope this makes sense :)

Best, David

How many columns can you set a page to have? I’m looking for something like this but that can go up to 8 or 9 columns wide

Hello,
there’s no limit, you can have 8 or 9 columns if you want :)

Best, David

Hello! I need help! I need my vimeo videos to be seen directly without a preview image because otherwise I have to click twice to play them. Because if I don’t put an image in the post, nothing can be seen. It is understood? Can you help me? I leave the link: https://mdpro.capini.com.ar/

Hello,
I was investigating and it seems that most browser have some kind of restrictions for auto-playing videos with sound (this was not an issue before though), I noticed you already ?autoplay=1 so you would also need to add muted, for example:

?autoplay=1&muted=1
I hope this helps

Best, David

Is it possible to automatically enable all post categories for a custom post type as a source? As soon as a new taxonomy item (category) is created for a custom post type, we need it to be displayed as a filter automatically so the Media Boxes settings page doesn’t have to be updated every time.

I have overridden $filter_items in class_media_boxes_shortcode.php line 798 to include all taxonomy items, but this is not ideal as it will be overwritten when the plugin is updated.

Hi,
It is a great suggestion, at the moment we don’t have an option for this, but I will take it into consideration for a future update.

If you don’t mind, can you send me the modification you did? so I can understand better, you can contact me privately via email here: https://codecanyon.net/user/castleplugins#contact

Best, David

Hi, I wanted to know if this website: http://supercharango.com/advertising-work/ uses your plugin. Thanks!

Hello,
yes, that’s correct, that site is using the Media Boxes plugin :)

Best, David

thanks!!!!

I’m sorry for the stupid question, but do I add my license key anywhere within the plugin dashboard after it’s installed? I ask because I installed the plugin on a site, and it’s locking up when I try to edit anything. I haven’t had this issue with your plugin on other sites I’ve used, and am just wondering if I need to register it or something.

Ah, never mind. I figured it out. I was unable to use the plugin because I had too many tags—over 7,000. I simply removed most of the tags, and it’s working fine now.

Hello,
I’m glad you figured out :D

Best, David

Dear Team,

I have a pre sales question. I think about buying the boxes media plugin, 1. Can I use it to set links to pages with individual textes and images, which are not depending on the page 2. Can I disable Google Fonts?

Kind regards!

Hello,
1) Yes, under each page, you can set a custom image / text for the plugin only, without affecting the current page at all.
When you edit a page you’ll find a Media Boxes section where you can do this

2) The plugin doesn’t include Google Fonts, it just uses your theme’s font

I hope this makes sense :)

Best, David

Thanks. Can I select which pages I want to show

Unfortunately at the moment is not possible, but if this is a must, you can make a little adjustment in the code to achieve this, if you want to give it a try, do the following:
1) Open the class_media_boxes_shortcode.php file and find this:

'ignore_sticky_posts'     => true,
2) right before that line add this:
'post__in'                 => $post_type == 'page' ? array(20, 38) : array(),
in there you can add the IDs of the pages you want to show (instead of 20 and 38 from my example)

I hope this makes sense :)

Hello

I have a problem with my installation. When I try to create a portfolio I get the error message:

TypeError thrown count(): Argument #1 ($value) must be of type Countable|array, bool given

Hello,
wow, this is quite strange, any chance you could give me access so I can check it out? you can contact me privately via email here: https://codecanyon.net/user/castleplugins#contact

Best, David

Hello there ! I’m looking to translate the filter’s title (Name and Random). I tried with Loco Translate with no success. I’m looking to modify it directly into the plugin code, but I cannot find it. Any idea please ? Many thanks !!

Hello,
Ohh yes, at the moment there’s no translation, but try the following:
open the admin/admin.php file and find this:

$order_by_items = array(
    array("id" => "date",             "description" => "Date"),
    array("id" => "author",         "description" => "Author"),
    array("id" => "ID",             "description" => "ID"),
    array("id" => "title",             "description" => "Title"),
    array("id" => "name",             "description" => "Name"),
    array("id" => "modified",         "description" => "Modified date"),
    array("id" => "comment_count",     "description" => "Number of comment"),
    array("id" => "rand",             "description" => "Random")
);
in there you can translate the descriptions

Best, David

It’s work. Thanks for your help !

I can’t manage to find how to add videos to the media grid.

I’ve tried the “Custom Post Types”, but it doesn’t allow me to select video. I have to download another plugin which I already have (CPT UI), but nothing.

The Custom Gallery option only allows me to do images not videos, and the Video one, once selected it automatically selects the posts we have published in the website and I’m not sure how to add Vimeo.

Thank you, David! Appreciate you doing a video. It was really helpful.

Hi David. I watched your video last night and went in this morning to add, but I’m not seeing the same options as you. Here is a video highlighting the issue we’re having.

https://www.loom.com/share/4fabd0790d554a4ca7d8d62f1098e0f7

Your help with this is greatly appreciated.

Hi Jessica, thank you for the video, you have 2 possibilities:
1) Create a gallery using the “Custom Media Gallery” (like in the video I sent before)
2) Or use a “Custom Post Type” which I think you already have, you’ll find the “Media Boxes” section when you edit a single custom post, where you can add your video URL

About the issue you are having using method 1), here’s the solution:
in recent WordPress updates they changed a little the image editor, I’m trying to find a work around, but meanwhile you can get into the “old” image editor by doing this: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1xnn4ioBMzn6vSOxM3cWHhOdXv0P2Bzgz/edit

Also if still no luck, you can contact me privately via email here: https://codecanyon.net/user/castleplugins#contact and I’ll be happy to take a look at your site

Best, David

Hi There

I am really sorry but can I please request a refund? I looked at your examples on your website and thought the plugin offered support for specifying image width and heights (like essential grid).

Without this feature I can’t use it for the project it was intended.

Sorry about this but I would really appreciate it.

Thanks Sheree

Hello Sheree,
You can specify the width and height globally for all images, or individually for a specific image, this feature is called “ratio”, then the plugin will automatically center the image to the new aspect ratio

You can contact me privately via email here: https://codecanyon.net/user/castleplugins#contact if you want me to send you a screen shot where you can find these options

Best, David

Very nice plugin. So glad to find a lightbox that doesn’t advance images by sliding!

Questions:

1. How does this integrate when using a Theme with Elementor. Are there any conflicts or do you simply load up your media gallery as normal and pick this plugin?

2. Is there an option to add captions (not just on hover) and can they be styled?

3. Can this be used on single images?

Thx :)

yes, you can insert the gallery in any post/page using the shortcode

Best :D

Got it. To be honest, after 5 minutes of tutorials/documentation, it looks like a boatload of work. Can’t imagine going through all those steps for a Post gallery or single image (especially as I don’t need filters and icons). I love the look and feel of it, but my motivation sunk looking at the steps!

don’t worry, the plugin has a lot of functionalities and possibilities, but this is the simplest gallery you can make: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m2O3idiHIW8&ab_channel=castlecode you don’t even need to create filters, they are optional

In case this helps :)

Best, David

I have imported both the Skins and The Portfolio files. I am working with Pinterest gallery. When I paste the short code it tells me there is no skin associated with this file. What an I doing wrong?

Malcolm

Hi Malcom,
Probably the ID of each skin needs to be associated to each portfolio (since it is different on each WP installation). Try the following:
In the admin section, select one of the portfolios and navigate to the “Layout” tab, in there select the “skin” you want to use and click “save”

let me know how it goes

Best, David

Hi David, how do you change the background color (or make it trasnparent) of the thumbnails in the grid with CSS? I got .pngs as thumbnails and their background color defaults to dark grey. thanks a lot, Alessandro

I got it! Found the answer above. Can’t delete my comment for some reason.

I’m glad you found the answer :D

Best, David

Hi, could the WordPress plugin version achieve exactly the same functionalities as seen on this page – https://www.globalmastersfund.com.au/reports?

The implementation on this page is the jQuery version of Media Boxes Portfolio, with custom php codes written for:

[Files] – files for download are from the values stored in Toolset’s custom fields under a custom post type; [Filter] – to base on categories of the custom post type given;

[Conditional icons for each file] – based on the selected option from a Toolset dropdown custom field.

I am planning to use the WordPress Plugin version to achieve the exact function as seen on that example page, but with ACF instead of Toolset. I’d like to know if the it can easily achieve most or all of the above results without custom PHP codes? Like, what kind of ACF integration can I achieve with this plugin, out of the box?

Thanks!

Thanks for the responses. With 2), so I can set the link to a PDF (for direct download/viewing) but specify an image to be shown? And can this image be set as a default image in which we don’t have to specify it every time a new portfolio/entry/record is created?

Like – https://www.castlecodeweb.com/wp-mediaboxes/multiple-filters/, each ‘portfolio’ is a PDF for download, and all downloads will have the same default image.

Also, is there a default skin that would provide a similar minimal look to this https://www.globalmastersfund.com.au/reports/? Or is the skin builder flexible enough to allow us to make a similar one ourselve? Thanks!

1) yes, you can have an image to be shown and a completely different link when you click on the image, but the image must be set manually as the featured image (there’s no default image)

2) the image on the left with the text on the right would be very tricky, the skin editor is ready to be set as image on top and content on bottom, you can take a look at the skin editor here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CqidrXpl7wM&ab_channel=castlecode

Team, In our website, while using Deep Linking feature for filter, Very long url is created which looks not good while sharing.. Do we have category friendly url.. We have used this plugin widely in website, but if we can achieve below requirement then it will be very very very useful.

Example :- In below page If we click on “Festival significance” below is the url created. https://www.brahmakumaris.com/videos/video-classes/#(mediaboxes-grid-6152eed80609c|filter_1)=.category_category-2000; Cant we have url like this, https://www.brahmakumaris.com/videos/video-classes/Festival-signifiance....

Best Regards, IT Team Brahma Kumaris

Turn Off the URL Meaning ?

turn off deep-linking :)

Okay Thank you….We can do that. But appreciate if you have similar thing in future for next releases.

Thank you.

Hey there hope you are well. I’m wondering is there an update for the latest WordPress update and Elementor update? I’m getting issues on my pages when I activate Media Boxes.

Thanks, Rob.

Hi Rob,
Can you describe the issue you are having? you can contact me privately via email here: https://codecanyon.net/user/castleplugins#contact for better support

Best, David

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